The Meredyth family (sometimes spelled Meredith) were an
Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the State rel ...
family descending from
Richard Meredith, a Welsh clergyman who went to Ireland in 1584 and became
Bishop of Leighlin
The Lord Bishop of Leighlin was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the small town of Old Leighlin in County Carlow, Ireland.
The title is now united with other bishoprics. In the Church of Ireland, it is held by the Lord Bis ...
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Anglo-Irish families
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